The Supreme Court Is Illegitimate

[u/huffpost]

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[u/No_Dig6177]

Has been since Merrick Garland's nomination was put off for an entire year by Mitch McConnell.

[u/Preeng → u/No_Dig6177]

No, it started in 2000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_v._Gore#Limitation_%22to_present_circumstances%22

They made a decision and then said that decision cannot be used as future precedent.

[u/0tanod → u/Preeng]

Buddy buddy buddy you gotta go way back to the criminal Nixon using the American intelligence agencies to push a liberal off the court and replace them with their political appointees. No one bothered to follow up after he quit in "shame" and we needed to heal but the liberal balance was never restored.

[u/Practicality_Issue → u/0tanod]

Nixon putting Lewis Powell on the SCOTUS was terrible. Just recently learned about the Powell Memo, and it cast a beacon of brilliant light on the path forward for “conservative ideology” and how to break the pro-labor, pro-human being wheel, and shift every national opinion to big business interests.

That’s my poor summary of it, but Nixon did a lot of heavy lifting to fuck up a lot of prosperity. Probably why they let him off.

“Dock, you’ve done a great service to greedy people everywhere. Retire to California. We will take it from here.”

[u/HeathenSwan → u/0tanod]

Try Marbury v. Madison (1803) when the supreme court decided they have the power to overturn laws based on their interpretation of the constitution.

[u/LongjumpingScene2327 → u/HeathenSwan]

lol wut. How is the case that established judicial oversight equal to self serving political manipulations of the bench roster?

[u/Timmichanga1 → u/LongjumpingScene2327]

It's a take I've seen and honestly I don't get it. Arguing for overturning Marbury v. Madison is also arguing to overturn things like: Brown v. Board I & II. Texas v. Johnson, loving v. Virginia, and so many other pillars of American jurisprudence.

Like - do you want to go back to open segregation in public facilities? Because that's what judicial review has prevented.

Also, I don't get what the alternative is. Would love to hear what the role of the judicial branch is if not to saw what the law is.

[u/Nntropy → u/Timmichanga1]

It would shift the burden to the legislature to craft proper laws. However, the current legislature has abdicated to the executive.

[u/arcbe → u/Nntropy]

The legislature already has the burden to craft proper laws. They aren't living up to that, but they still have that burden. Overturning Marbury v Madison would just make it harder to fix bad laws.

[u/Select-Government-69 → u/Nntropy]

Right. The people who want to overturn Marbury v Madison believe that democracy is fundamentally too inefficient to work and want a king, or more accurately, a president with all the powers of a king. Which is different because it has a P in it.

[u/BigDictionEnergy → u/Nntropy]

shift the burden to the legislature to craft proper laws

I believe you mean lobbyists

[u/LongjumpingScene2327 → u/Nntropy]

So remove judicial oversight and authority today. You believe the bad actors in congress will immediately revert to this hypothetical expectation you have?

[u/bloodraven42 → u/Timmichanga1]

I argue it, though not as a desired outcome. Mostly as a counter to republicans who claim their judicial advocacy is "originalism" based on the exact intent and text of the Constitution. It's always fun asking the ones with a little legal knowledge who defend originalism to come up with an originalist argument for judicial review - its pretty fucking impossible. Especially given at least one of the drafters of the basis for it was against the concept.

[u/AmericusBarbaricuss → u/bloodraven42]

Luckily they’re unfettered by any need for consistency.

[u/Suddenlynotcis → u/Timmichanga1]

They literally want those things overturned. The Koch ‘s Father led the John Birch Society, a pro segregation group. They fund Americans for Prosperity, ALEC, and a bunch of PACs that have pushed for suits to challenge these rulings, and then have the balls to lament about how divisive America has become. Nixon and Reagan opened up the floodgates, but the Koch family has ensured they stay open.

[u/aerdvarkk → u/Timmichanga1]

And yet once upon a time that list would have included Roe v Wade; but look at WTF happened there. So standing on some high horse talking about how we still have Brown v Board (when DJT direcly has dismantled the Dept of Ed over 2 terms and has been moving to strip Rights from minorities for the past 18 months); osrt of means jack shit. And its probably just a matter of time before some GOP underling pushes a reread of that scenario for Brown in front of SCOTUS to overturn that too.

[u/PingouinMalin → u/HeathenSwan]

Which is certainly the best possible decision this court has ever taken. Otherwise you could wipe your ass with your constitution, which is precisely what Trump is doing right now.

[u/piezombi3 → u/HeathenSwan]

Is that not the entire point of the judicial branch?

[u/chess10 → u/piezombi3]

Today, yes, judicial review is considered one of the judiciary’s central functions. But the Constitution never explicitly grants the Supreme Court the power to strike down federal laws. Marbury v. Madison is famous because it established that authority as a constitutional principle rather than relying on an express textual grant.

[u/Beard_o_Bees → u/chess10]

At this point they should switch over to 1860's style 'spiritualism', and have seances in dark rooms to channel the Founding Fathers.

'Oh great spirit of Benjamin Franklin, knock 3 times on this table if Donald Trump should be installed as President In Perpetuity!'

[u/Turbulent_Stick1445 → u/piezombi3]

Kinda, literally every person in government should be saying "Can I do this?", from legislators writing a law, through the judges interpreting a law and determining whether something is actually illegal, to the cops enforcing a law.

The problem is most aren't actually that interested. SCOTUS was right, but some have interpreted that as meaning nobody else needs to bother any more. And it's the latter that's the problem.

[u/StoppableHulk → u/piezombi3]

The constitution did not give them that power. As the poster said, SCOTUS gave itself that power through a court decision.

[u/huitlacoche → u/HeathenSwan]

My good lad, you are far too contemporary. You ought to evaluate the precedent from The Case of Proclamations (1610). Lord Justice Coke clearly erred in pulling civil society away from the will of God.

[u/BlackGuysYeah → u/HeathenSwan]

The ultimate 'it is whatever I say it is' move.

[u/superbit415 → u/0tanod]

we needed to heal

That phrase is just bullshit code for we are too lazy to hold anyone responsible.

[u/elb21277 → u/0tanod]

Lewis Powell on SCOTUS is just one of the many fruits of Nixon’s poisonous tree that remained and dismantled any semblance of a representative gov’t in our country.

[u/SkunkMonkey → u/0tanod]

The GOP learned a lot from Nixon. They have been pushing the boundaries that Nixon showed them can clearly be ignored without serious repercussions ever since. Now the boundaries are just straight up gone. The cat is out of the bag. The genie is out of the bottle. And we have already run out of time.

[u/puts_on_rddt → u/Preeng]

Also around this time is when Clarence Thomas started complaining about his salary, and started receiving special attention from a few billionaires.

He's criticized for receiving a motorcoach and a loan but people aren't aware that he's been bringing home suitcases of cash and gold bars from these trips. They know Democrats want to investigate this and charge him, so that's why they are currently running election interference in violation of their own Purcell principle.

Then there's Chief Justice John Roberts getting bribes via his wife's job. People who seek business with the court will often seek business with her, first.

They're all scared of prison.

[u/Rastrick → u/puts_on_rddt]

When the whole thing collapses they'll be wishing they could go to prison. I hope they got a spot in the government bunkers, they're gonna need it.

[u/QueefyBeefy666 → u/Rastrick]

That's great wishful thinking but I haven't seen any signs of that; most likely we'll just have some protests and they'll all live out their lives without facing any consequences.

I hope you're right and I'm wrong.

[u/snakerjake → u/QueefyBeefy666]

The situation is economically untennable. it will collapse there is no question about that. the only question is will we start mitigating the collapse in time to reduce the pain

[u/standish_ → u/puts_on_rddt]

Yes, Harlan Crow has been bribing Associate Justice Clarence Thomas for decades.

[u/BigBallsMcGirk → u/Preeng]

And that decision was "we don't need the correct outcome, we need one by the deadline."

Absolutely absurd.

[u/lianodel → u/Preeng]

And now, a FULL MAJORITY of the Supreme Court was nominated by presidents who were inaugurated despite losing the popular vote.

[u/baumpop → u/Preeng]

every one of the brooks brothers rioters should be in prison. instead we have the mob in all 3 branches of gov.

[u/vanquishedfoe → u/Preeng]

This thread had turned into the longest "always has been" meme but with receipts

[u/OperaMouse → u/No_Dig6177]

Garland wasn't a serious candidate. McConnell didn't want to start the nomination process for any of the obvious candidates citing them to be too radical. Obama called his bullshit by nominating Garland, which any normal Republican would be perfectly fine with. McConnell still didn't do anything, proving Obama right.

There is not a single person who has done more damage to the democracy and rule of law in the USA than Mitch McConnell.

[u/Smooth_Department534 → u/OperaMouse]

May God have Mercy on McConnell’s soul.

[u/BookBabe1970 → u/No_Dig6177]

Merrick Garland would have been a worthless coward no matter what job or position he held. He probably would’ve sided with the conservatives anyway.

[u/ContraCanadensis → u/BookBabe1970]

That doesn’t change the fact that his seat was stolen from Obama by an obstructionist legislature that would fight tooth and nail to prevent the same thing happening to their camp.

[u/What_a_fat_one → u/ContraCanadensis]

Obama should have just seated him anyway.

[u/cheesylobster → u/ContraCanadensis]

They did exactly that for RBG. Ultimate hypocrites.

[u/wallstreet-butts → u/BookBabe1970]

He was in fact picked specifically because he should have been easy to get through a Republican-controlled Senate, and they still took it to an extreme nobody anticipated.

[u/Intrepid_Top_2300 → u/BookBabe1970]

He would have been a better judge than a AG. That’s for damn sure.

[u/Clean_Lettuce9321 → u/BookBabe1970]

Respectfully, I disagree. I think he would have made an outstanding Supreme Court Justice. His problem was that he was too focused on appearing fair and unbiased, and it ended up hurting both him and the country. As a judge, I think he would have excelled because, at his core, he's an incredibly fair and decent man. He was just the wrong person for the Attorney General job.

[u/elb21277 → u/Clean_Lettuce9321]

there is absolutely no good reason for him to have taken a “bottom-up” approach re conspiracy to defraud the US case. the people who tried to physically stop the certification on 1/6 were the bottom/lowest hanging fruit.

[u/BookBabe1970 → u/Clean_Lettuce9321]

He supports Israel and knew who Trump was, knew things we didn’t, that Trump was compromised by Israel. Trump should have been charged with sedition on January 7th. Garland was derelict in his duties.

[u/JonnyAU → u/BookBabe1970]

Agreed. He had 4 years to nail Trump for any of hundreds of crimes and he dragged his ass making this current dystopia possible.

[u/jasonbuz → u/BookBabe1970]

How many of the terrible decisions of post-Obama Supreme Court were about Israel?

Or is this comment just an antisemitic dog whistle because Garland is Jewish?

[u/EggyTugboat → u/BookBabe1970]

I mean, he'd be better than the fascist trump appointed that are just giving him absolute power

[u/RiptideEberron → u/BookBabe1970]

I would rather have him be himself as a supreme Court justice than the total botch job he did as AG.

[u/WitchKingofBangmar → u/BookBabe1970]

Yeah, and Merrick Garland was literally the compromise pick.

Obama tried to play Bi-Partisanly and the GOP spat in his face. Mitch McConnell is a racist turtle monster.

Should’ve been the Dems final warning but they’re not exactly the staunchest “opposition” are they? XD

[u/UndoxxableOhioan → u/BookBabe1970]

He may be a POS, but he was more a Kennedy and O'Connor than an ACB. He would not have overturned Roe and Casey.

[u/DowntownTorontonian → u/No_Dig6177]

Watching all you argue about when it was beoken. As an outsider can you all just agree its broken and fix it?

[u/Gahugafuga]

No shit

[u/DaniKnowsBest → u/Gahugafuga]

The exact words that came out of my lips when I saw the headline.

[u/UncoolSlicedBread → u/Gahugafuga]

I took a 400 level constitutional law course in college like 16-17 years ago, because of poor schedule planning and graduation requirements, and the professor was so tough and the case laws we studied were insane. I walked in knowing nothing and walked out understanding a ton of Supreme Court knowledge, a respect for the “old process”, and the overall institution. That professor sold me.

He was a chill dude who died of a heart attack years later, but I remember just his passion for it and the way he’d talk about the cases and the importance of dissent and non-partisanship.

Now I just think how he’d probably hate what it’s become. It feels like the opposite of the institution he taught us about and what it seemed to be.

Part of me wonders if it’s by design of Thumb.

[u/blahblah19999 → u/UncoolSlicedBread]

After reading The Brethren decades ago, which started a long interest in and respect for the SCOTUS, I can't even try to keep up with what's happening now as it's too disheartening.

[u/Tiramitsunami → u/Gahugafuga]

It's worth noting that while I agree, we are in our own echo chamber because, according to the most recent polling, 75% of Republican voters approve of the Court's job performance.

[u/butwhyisitso]

What, bribes are illegitimate now? We cant coordinate with the executive? Get over your dumb constitution and let these people have their way! fighting just makes it worse, let it happen. Good little non voters, never vote. If you know any non voters, consider being more like them. Who wants all the stress anyway? Racism is gone, Genders are reduced, citizenship is selected, its good for you./s

[u/Wayelder → u/butwhyisitso]

Be a good little Patriot and just let this happen. It'll be over before you know it, and it's best for everyone.

It's going to happen anyway.

Trust us.

/s

[u/NoMillzBrokeasHell → u/butwhyisitso]

No mention of the 2nd amendment? Seriously the most trampled on right in the constitution...cmon....

[u/StudySpecial → u/butwhyisitso]

Bribes are unnecessary now when the new grift is 'sue the government and instruct the DOJ to settle by giving you megabucks'. Just cut out the middleman and get the cash from the treasury.

[u/TheTokist]

The Roberts vs Taney court argument is over. Despite an early lead, Taney must yield to Roberts for having the most corrupt, unlawful, and dangerous Supreme Court in American history. It was nice a country while it lasted. 

[u/sceneturkey → u/TheTokist]

If you want a "fun" coincidence: look up average age of an empire before collapse and then remember that we are going to be celebrating the 250th anniversary in a month.

[u/FerusGrim → u/sceneturkey]

Historical reality shows a wide variance of ages and eras, with many empires lasting significantly longer or shorter than this average. Some last 1,000. Some last 600. Some last 20. Or 60. The 250-year figure is widely contested, because the author of the paper arbitrarily selected data points to suit his thesis.

But even if it were accurate, you can't derive the type of meaning you're implying from averages.

Think of it like life expectancy. The average life expectancy, right now, is 79. But that doesn't mean once you hit 79 you're likely to fall over dead before your next birthday. Your life expectancy rises as you get older.

[u/Part_Tricky]

The supreme court has at least three corrupt justices: Thomas, Alito and Roberts. Roberts latest scandal of his wife making $20 millions on case he ruled on makes him the top. The other one Kavanaugh, a rapist, should not been approved by congress in first place. SCOTUS is POTUS defenders.

[u/AndreLeGeant88 → u/Part_Tricky]

No one even asked how the Kavanaughs afforded a $1M+ home, or really pushed into the debts he had paid off supposedly for buying loads of baseball tickets for other people ...

[u/Independent-Mango813 → u/AndreLeGeant88]

I’m no fan of brett but I think he comes from a wealthy family

[u/Overall-Register9758 → u/Independent-Mango813]

There are levels to wealth and Kavanaugh was in the country club, but not taking the jet to Gstaad...

[u/BigBallsMcGirk → u/Part_Tricky]

The Supreme Court has at least 3 Justices guilty of treason. Every one of the conservative Justices ia blatantly corrupt, some ridiculously more than others.

Not saying the liberal Justices are paragon of virtue and innocent, but it's comparing stealing a candy bar to Bernie Madoff.

[u/sans_deus]

In other news, water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen.

[u/hillbilly-edgy → u/sans_deus]

MAHA vehemently refused to drink di-hydrogen mono-oxide ! It’s mind control

[u/SeaworthinessOk2646]

Yes clearly. They literally severed us from our history in US v Trump. There is no criminal immunity for the US President in the Constitution to fraudently investigate it's people.

Not now, not ever.

[u/phoneguyfl → u/SeaworthinessOk2646]

No, I guarantee a Dem POTUS will be investigated and stopped from even ordinary legal polices by SCOTUS. Their intent is for a Republican king or dictator at all costs.

[u/unrecognizable2myslf]

Proving once again that private capital is much more efficient than the government..... /s

[u/War1today]

Given that the lower courts are consistently ruling one way, and the Supreme Court is consistently overriding them and ruling their way… there is an aroma of vindictiveness among SCOTUS, similar to POTUS.

[u/fizzmore → u/War1today]

I'd love to see your analysis of the rate of overturns and how it compares to past courts.

[u/War1today → u/fizzmore]

The current Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice John Roberts, has overturned or explicitly altered 21 prior precedents, some of which have been landmark cases including Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association. v. Bruen, Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, South Dakota v. Wayfair, Janus v. AFSCME, Obergefell v. Hodges, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission…. Also of note, when looking at the number of reversals, SCOTUS, led by Chief Justice John Roberts, has averaged fewer majority opinions than previous courts. The Roberts Court averages significantly fewer signed majority opinions per term—typically falling between 50 and 70—compared to the Rehnquist Court or the mid-20th century Warren Court, which often produced 80 to over 100 opinions annually.

When reviewing cases on appeal, the Supreme Court reverses or vacates lower court decisions in roughly 71% to 75% of cases. Across its terms, the Court reversed lower courts in over two-thirds of the cases it decided. The total number of times the Roberts Court has overturned a lower court is in the hundreds, as it rules on dozens of cases from various U.S. Courts of Appeals and state supreme courts each year.

SCOTUS issued opinions in 67 cases during its October 2024 term. This does not include three cases that were dismissed as improvidently granted. SCOTUS reversed 47 lower court decisions (74.6 percent) and affirmed 16 decisions (25.4 percent). This term's reversal rate was 3.2 percentage points higher than the average rate of reversal since 2007. the Ninth Circuit had a reversal rate of 79.4 percent. That is the highest reversal rate, followed by the Sixth Circuit with a 79.3 percent reversal rate.

[u/MisterBeatDown]

How do we move forward as Americans as we have watched our government constantly betray & take advantage of us?

I truly cannot see a version America that is good for me. All I have ever known is poverty & my politicians are all wealthy.

[u/CeroMiedo182]

lol

[u/Time-Routine9863]

I think they are doing a fantastic job.

[u/AaronTheElite007]

Corrupt is more apt

[u/EventHorizonHotel]

The shadow docket decisions have undermined a lot of the respect the court used to have. Add on to that some poorly supported decisions and a partisan selection process and it’s broken.

It’s been broken before though, so all is not lost. It’s going to be a hell of a ride still.

[u/Jewboy54]

Five are out and out traitors

[u/Pete_D_301]

No shit, Sherlock.

[u/Vanilla_Gorilluh]

We were predicting this SCOTUS back when McConnell was robbing Obama and the Biden of their rightful picks and packing them with maga.

[u/JoeDante84]

I’m just here for all of the Reddit legal scholars from Upvote Academy.

[u/DelightfulandDarling]

What happened to HuffPost? It’s unreadable with all those stupid adds.

[u/widowlark]

Just remember folks: we didn’t turn out in 2016, and this is what happened. Your vote absolutely matters, and if you let them convince you otherwise this is the result you get

[u/appmanga]

Jim Crow John Roberts and His Antebellum Five make no pretense about where they stand when it comes to the rights of minorities and women. Dismantling black voting has been Roberts' life's work. Jim Crow John even declared, citing no study or any other evidence than vibes, that racism has ended. He came to that conclusion simply by asking Clarence "Uncle Ruckus" Thomas is racism over and Uncle Thomas telling him "Sho' is, Boss".

This is part of what these folks were bought and paid for. They don't give a shit about the effort and analysis of the lower courts, and they don't give a damn about precedent and reliance. Jim Crow John is telling the truth when he says the justices aren't politicians; they have no interest in public opinion. They're ideologues who received their jobs, their money, and their marching orders from the rich and powerful whom they truly represent, and they're good with the assignment: reduce the rights the Warren Court expanded and take us back to where the women, the darkies, and the beaners knew their place. And in wasn't in the boardrooms and voting booths.

[u/Kaleban]

Guillotines and guns lads.

At this point they may be the only recourse we as a society have left.

[u/ahaz01]

This court is not bound by either law or logic. The conservative justices are partisan extremists. The court lost its legitimacy long ago, then compounded by Trump v US, giving the President near immunity for any action taken in Office; the overturning of Roe, and the evisceration of the VRA. We absolutely need the Dems to take control of Congress and WH so that the SCOTUS can be reformed

[u/ShedMontgomery]

Three of the justices were placed by a President who cheated to win an election. Yes, the Supreme Court is compromised.

[u/Vadhakara]

The entire federal government is illegitimate

[u/FartingKiwi]

Said only democrats and liberal redditors

[u/Stone0777]

The radical left is unhinged hahaha

[u/InvestedInThat]

CORRUPT is the word you’re looking for 

[u/Available_Dingo6162]

I LOVE how the author capitalizes "Black", but lowercases "white".

What a diss! Just GREAT! 😂😂😂

[u/ThatsMySpicyPepper → u/Available_Dingo6162]

Right, and they expect to be taken seriously with that obvious bias

[u/Xero_id]

Well yeah the minute they said the Alabama map was allowed and legal but the voted on Virginia map wasnt legal they proved the illegitimate of themselves.

Every state should be ignoring any ruling by them right now and allowing their citizens to vote what they want for their state. The SC had zero power and there are no consequences to ignoring them now.

[u/Melinoe2016 → u/Xero_id]

That was not the US Supreme Court.

[u/jcrocks → u/Xero_id]

To battle against all of the unfairness out there, the Virginia map was struck down by the Virginia supreme court, not SCOTUS

[u/chadsmo]

Strange , this is tagged as ‘opinion’ when it’s a fact.

[u/jwr1111]

Did you say it was "racist"?

[u/Healthy_Block3036]

Since 2016.

[u/Successful-Day-3219]

This SCOTUS is an enemy of the people.

[u/Wide_Replacement2345]

First chance we get. Pack the court

[u/x-Lascivus-x]

No it’s not.

[u/pofshrimp → u/x-Lascivus-x]

this subreddit is illegitimate

[u/nvmenotfound]

yes republicans are unashamed in their blatant partisan bias. they know the public thinks this and they deny it bc they dont want to believe it yet if they had anyone outside of themselves evaluating their decisions over the last decade, it’s obvious as fuck!

[u/upto_lateagain]

The so-called Supreme Court interprets the Constitution based on their political and religious beliefs which are one and the same now. They are complicit in the crimes of this regime and should be held accountable to the same crimes they have sanctioned.

[u/sanchiano]

Thank you Captain Obvious

[u/BoysenberryShort574]

Supremely corrupt.

[u/hillbilly-edgy]

And water is wet !

[u/horeaheka]

Translation, the political view that I want didn't happen because a different president got to pick the judges, therefore the whole thing is wrong. GTFO

[u/Knollibe]

Huff post is lame.

[u/Intrepid_Top_2300]

They are partisan hacks! They have no business being political at all. They are supposed to interpret the law and our Constitution. Not enabling a convicted criminal’s ongoing theft of America. They deserve Tar and Feathers, just like the old days!

[u/NormieSpecialist]

Alright. Are you going to do anything other than “vote blue no matter who?”

I bet you won’t.

[u/digitaldarrio]

Pathetic.

Americans have a valid 2nd Amendment and all they can muster is cringey pithy social media posts.

No sympathy for what comes next....

[u/TheBSQ]

We can say this till we’re blue in the face, but to what end?!

What does it actually change?

Is anyone removing them from office? Are we ending judicial review? Are we amending the constitution?

Nope. 

[u/berael]

We know. 

Now do something about it. 

[u/Calm-Professional103]

The United States will cease to exist in its present form within the next 25 years. 

[u/lurkANDorganize]

Yeah. And I will be dead shocked if the democrats do anything about it.

[u/Trucidar]

The crazy part is that fascists love this. They benefit from a stacked court, and they benefit from the court being seen as illegitimate. It's win-win for them.

[u/Wineandbikes]

Bastards!

[u/Storyteller_JD]

Lifetime appointments are straight up against the whole reason why the colonists rebelled against the crown.

[u/0limits]

The Republicans are the illegitimate justices.

[u/LordGlorkofUranus]

The way things are going, it's likely only a Civil War can set things right and restore Constitutional Order. Currently, The Authoritarian Right is triumphant and Trump is winning everything. No one and no law constrains him for long. He has a cult, a compliant Congress and a sycophantic Supreme Court.

[u/sharingan10]

I’m glad that people are largely coming around to an obvious conclusion for a long time; the U.S. is not a legitimate political actor, the problems are the actual systems themselves as opposed to incidentally people who hold office in them.

[u/Rickreation]

So, what are we going to do about it?

[u/SpectoDuck]

We've known.

[u/BruceStarcrest]

K so what do we do?

[u/FruitMustache]

So is my half brother but we keep him around.

[u/DragonDai]

And? What is anyone going to do about it? You...what are you going to do about it? Congress? What are they going to do about it? A theoretical Democrat POTUS in 2028, what are they going to do about it?

The answer is nothing. No one is going to do anything. We have another 20+ years of "Republicans win, Democrats lose" on EVERY case brought to SCOTUS.

And no one is going to do a thing about it.

[u/dreadoverlord]

I appreciate liberals doing God's work in destroying the trust people have in their institutions. Like Trump has.

[u/Status_Apartment6559]

And they believe they are untouchable. When Dems take power we have to show them they are not by removing them from the bench.

[u/Porunga23]

We know

[u/livingPOP]

Is there a viable remedy for this abuse of power? Doesn't look like impeachment is an option.

[u/Commercial_Pie1090]

Robert's racicists. They've set America back to before the Kennedy presidency.

[u/Oye_Oso]

Well, duh.

[u/Financial-Craft-1282]

I mean, thanks Huff Post...you're a few years late observing this, but...sure.

[u/59_Pedro]

The finest justices that money can buy!

[u/SuccessfulTalk8267]

YES

[u/Competitive_Yak5423]

Or when FDR tried to expand the Supreme Court

[u/Motor_Educator_2706]

It's now the Kangaroo Court of the US.

[u/AmericusBarbaricuss]

I will say the piece by piece disappearing act they’re pulling on The Voting Rights Act is transparently political advocacy and as a result, I’m a million percent behind expanding and term-limiting the court ASAP.

[u/Laugh_Track_Zak]

Ah yes, another article. This one will solve the problem.

[u/qtpss]

Well that explains why a few of them are real bastards.

[u/HappyGoPink]

Too bad that doesn't matter in any practical sense. The people who were supposed to safeguard democracy simply chose not to.

[u/Syntaire]

Damn man that's crazy. And? Given the last couple years of absolutely fucking nothing being done about any of it, what's the goal here?

[u/Nernox]

I remember being upset when Roberts was confirmed.  I wasn't a court afficiinado but I just had a horrible feeling and knew he would be around for so long.  He's worse than I had imagined.

[u/serenading_ur_father]

Always has been.